CNN: Poll: Most Americans 'frustrated' with 2012 race
While Election Day is less than four months away, the 2012 presidential campaign has already been on the nation's radar for more than a year, and a new poll shows Americans are not pleased with the course of the race. Nearly eight in 10 Americans, or 78%, say they are "frustrated" by the ongoing political battle, according to a new Knights of Columbus-Marist survey released Tuesday.

CNN: Christie chides gun debate in Aurora aftermath
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Monday chastised those who seized on Friday's Aurora, Colorado, shooting to call for gun law changes, saying it was too soon to use the massacre as part of a political debate. "This is just not the appropriate time to be grandstanding about gun laws," the Republican governor said at an event in Trenton, New Jersey. "Can we at least get through the initial grief and tragedy for these families before we start making them political pawns?"

CNN: Paterno loyalists call NCAA sanctions excessive
Within 24 hours, Joe Paterno's statue at Penn State University came down and his record as the winningest coach at the top level of college football disappeared. The steps by Penn State President Rodney Erickson and the National Collegiate Athletic Association drew sharply differing reactions Monday. They are the latest impact from a child sex-abuse scandal now linked forever to the university's storied football program.

CNN: Sentencing set in Pennsylvania priest abuse case
The highest-ranking Catholic Church cleric charged and convicted in the landmark Philadelphia child sexual abuse trial is scheduled for sentencing Tuesday. Monsignor William Lynn was found guilty in June of one count of child endangerment, the first time a U.S. church leader has been convicted of such a charge. He could face three-and-a-half to seven years in prison for his conviction on the third-degree felony.

CNN: Attacks in Iraq kill at least 82 people, officials say
Attackers detonated car bombs and roadside explosives in at least a dozen attacks across Iraq on Monday as at least 82 people were killed and more than 180 wounded in one of the bloodiest days since the withdrawal of U.S. military forces in December, authorities said.

CNN: Pakistan spy agency chief to tell CIA: End drone strikes; ID targets for us to attack
The new chief of Pakistan's spy agency will urge the United States to end drone strikes on Pakistani soil and identify targets that the country's security forces can then attack, a senior intelligence official said. Lt. Gen. Zahirul Islam will deliver the message during a meeting with the head of the CIA on August 2, said the Pakistani intelligence official, who did not want to be named because he is not authorized to speak to the media.

CNN: A Syrian town's 'Street of Death'
After months of fighting, the regime's men finally abandoned this strategic crossroads. President Bashar al Assad's troops left behind a bullet-riddled ghost town patrolled by rebels and a handful of shell-shocked residents. Fighters had renamed the stretch of the Bab el Hawa highway, which ran through the center of town, the "Street of Death." Until recently, they said anyone who dared set foot on it became a target.

CNN: Iran in "open war" with Israel
Iran is in an "open war" with Israel, President Shimon Peres said Monday, as he pointed the finger at Iran and Hezbollah for last week's bombing in Bulgaria that killed five Israelis. In an exclusive interview with CNN, Peres said Israel will act to prevent further attacks.

CNNMoney: Moody's puts Germany on notice
Moody's cut the outlook on Germany's prized Aaa credit rating from "stable" to "negative" Monday. The move could precede a full-blown downgrade, which would mark a grim turn for a country long thought of as a bulwark of financial stability in Europe. The rating agency also revised the outlooks on the Aaa ratings of the Netherlands and Luxembourg from "stable" to negative." Finland maintained its Aaa rating and stable outlook.

CNNMoney: Nasdaq's Facebook payout still not enough
Nasdaq increased the amount it plans to spend to compensate trading firms for losses incurred by Facebook's botched debut, but experts say it may still not be enough. The stock exchange operator said it would boost the size of its accommodation program to $62 million, up from the $40 million proposed in early June, according to a regulatory filing late Friday.

CNNMoney: Skittish investors hold stocks lower
Stocks pared losses on Monday, but all three indexes still closed lower as worries that Spain may need a full-blown bailout sparked a global sell-off. "There seems to be a pattern whereby markets sell hard into the close of European markets and then see some relief," said Mark Luschini, chief investment strategist at Janney Montgomery Scott. "Despite the comeback, Europe will continue to waffle the markets. It's all predicated on whether anything will be done to triage Spain's duress."

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King

I wonder when these people pick romney, and the economy falls off the deep end. I wonder if they'll miss the 18 months of straight economy growth, the 29 months of job creation, the financial disaster that saw the most powerful financial sector to replace it, etc. Obama was crazy to ask the financial sector that he saved from anianation to do a bit more to help the American people, and for that he was austricated and raviged by big money, but YAH doesnt like ugly.

July 24, 2012 07:27 am at 7:27 am |

paul

as a federaly lic. gun dealer ,these people like bloomburg should first read the federal laws sec , why do we need anymore gun laws when the state of the united states will not even enforce the some 29000 gun laws that are on the book to date .
we do not need any more laws just enforce the one on the books an you stop most of the problems,
the criminal will always have better guns than the police cause people like goldbloom want to take them away from the honest citizen
thank you